Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-01-15

were Ola Trivial nature W bile all the higher
grades of otlenses were represented, the
number of returns OF crimes of that nature
was small The l,9a5 cases returned em.
brsced all the oiienses known to the law.
CELEHRArEp CASES.
Among the celebrated cases tried during
the late district attorneys term OF ONCE WAS
that of Thomas and Adam BENNY, for the
murder of old Barney Short The details OF
that terrible crime-his murder In his sleigh
when on his homeward journey. are still
fresh In the memory Of the readers OF the In
TELLIGENCER. While suspicion pointed
strongly 10 the Behnys as the guilty parties,
the commonwealth WAS unable 10 furnish the
testimony TO warrant a conviction. What
little testimony they had they brought out
and presented forcioly, but It WAS not cousid-
cred sufficient A verdict OF not guilty was
rendered, and the murder of Barney Short Is
still unavenged.
There were several other homicide cases
tried during the past three years In only
one WAS there conviction OF manslaughter.
William Wilson, Charles Thomas ana Lewis
Parker, three colored men, killed a compan.
ion on the way hone from a dance, and they
are serving their terms in the Eastern psni-
ltentisry.
Or. Potts, one OF Lancaster's well known
characters, was brought to Justice under Dis
trict Attorney Eberly, and he too is paying
the penalty Tor his ofenses In prison cell.
Joe Herzog's forgeries startled the COM
munity In the early part OF his term, but IL
was not until the last year OF his term that
judgment was passed upon him. The delay
was not the fault OF his Ebery's) but OF other
counsel who wanted sentence postponed TO
take his testimony In the civil proceedings
brought to recover on the alleged forged
notes
THE BUZZARDs CAREERS ENDED.
twas during his term also that Abe Buz.
zsrd, the king of Lancaster county's outlaws,
tka ,fa N.
the prison to cheat the l0l detectives who
wanted TO capture him for the reward on his
head. He was also among the frsr to sug
gest 10 the court the propriety OF transferring <
10 the Eastern penitenuary Abe and his part.
ners because our rotten old jail was not
strong enough to hold them.
To the Indictments against them for jsil
| breaking, Abe and all the rest entered plea
| Of guilty and when brought into court sen.
tence was imposed on Abe and Ike BuEzsrd,
| It'd Brimmer, the fire bug John Lippincott,
James Clifford and Joe Grotf, the thieves,
and John Frsnkiord, the oneeyed horse
| thief, whose love for other peoples horses
has put him in the front rank OF horse
| thieves.
District Attorney Eberly was conscien,
| tious in the discharge Of his duties, and II
can be said that during his term cases against
| prominent people were not pigeon. holed
There WAS no such thing a. settling notori
Gus cases, although frequently importuned
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| his ability, goes out OF office with clean hand,
| and for the next few years at least will
devote himself to the practice OF his profes
sion, when he expects to be called by tn,
votes Of his fellow-citizens TO higher trust
A TEMPERANCE SERMON.
| reporter Of the ISTELLIaESCER had
talk with Mr.. Eberly the other Afternoon
about quarter sessions cases His opinion
that too free an indulgence ofliquor send
nearly all the surety OF the peace and assault
and battery cases into court Many case
returned, he said, are very trivial, but unde
the law the magistrate IL bound to rsturI
them. He was asked whether the action G
the commissioners as TO magistrates bill
| did not swell the trial list He believed
| did, and said II the commissioners had dea
fairly with the aldermen and justices, an
| paid them their fees 10 dismissed cases, the
| would return fewer cases. AS managed no,
| the magistrates have great difficulty In ge
| ting their bills approved, and rather tina
have that trouble they will return cases
| court The records show, he said, that
| least one-half Of all cases returned reach con-
| from the offices of the aldermen OF the city
| He believed that magistrates and constable
should be paid for their services, but had n
| plan to offer to avoid the difficulties that o.
| ist between the commissioners and tho<
officials over the right OF the former to strik
Items promiscuously from bills presented.